| Title: | John Anderson, Cincinnatti, to His Sister Fanny, Donegal. |
|---|---|
| ID | 64 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Anderson, John/30 |
| Year | 1857 |
| Sender | Anderson, John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | between jobs |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Cincinnati, USA |
| Destination | Co. Donegal, Ireland |
| Recipient | Fanny |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | Copyright Reserved by Andrew S Anderson, 9 Ashford Drive, Bangor, Co Down, Ireland. Formerly from The Diamond, Donegal, Co Donegal, Ireland. E-mail andydonegal@aol.com |
| Archive | Andrew S Anderson |
| Doc. No. | 212205 |
| Date | 11/09/1857 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 17:12:02. |
| Word Count | 882 |
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| Transcript | $$H166 Part of the Andrew S Anderson Collection $$H Letter Five: John Anderson, Cincinnatti, to his sister Fanny (Frances) in Donegal, County Donegal, dated 11th September 1857. Cincinnatti 11th September 1857 My Dear Fanny When I came to enquire about my passage to Galveston I found that I could come to Cincinnatti from New-York by Railway and take the steamer here for New-Orleans and go across from thence to Galveston by steamer for the same expense as going direct to Galveston from New-York, besides I can by coming this way stop a few days or perhaps a week in New-Orleans with Mrs Boals and be there two weeks sooner which is some consideration as I go to work on my arrival there. New-Orleans never was so healthy as it is this summer, there is no sickness of any kind there. I could have stopped on in New-York and earned as much as would keep me by drudging. The Grocery trade is about the meanest in New-York and I think this is a first rate chance for me to get out of it. I shall only be able for the first six months to save about as much as will pay my expenses in going there and as much as would bring me back to New-York if I wanted, moreover I don't believe I shall as I am quite sure at the end of my engagement I will get a thousand or 1200 dollars a year. Mr Boals thinks he can get me a situation in New-Orleans if he can I would rather stay there however I shall not spend longer than a week there as I want to get to work to be making a little money. I saw Mr Wilson, Mr Boals's Cousin and clerk in New-York last week, he is a very nice quiet young fellow. I have got a written agreement with me ensuring me the place if I am in Galveston any time before 1st November and he has given me the chance if I can get any thing better in New-Orleans to take it, I could not ask for any thing fairer. I left New-York by the New York and Erie Railroad on Tuesday Evening at five o'clock and arrived here at Eight on Thursday morning a distance of 700 or 800 miles. We passed through some 400 or 500 miles of forest without any Inhabitants only a little narrow strip on each side of the Railroad. We passed through about 20 or 30 Towns on our way some of them very large. Erie is a large town, we stopped an hour and a half in Cleveland where we changed C--? [Cars?], it is built on the very edge of Lake Erie from what I see of it it might be about as large again as Derry. Cincinnatti is a very large place it contains about 200,000 Inhabitants about six times the number of Derry. John Mills of the City House is living here he is in business for himself. I saw him a month ago in New-York. He was down there buying goods I am going up to see him today, his cousin William who ran away from the City House during the time I was there is living in New-Orleans, we sail tomorrow but in the meantime I am at no expense as I took my passage yesterday an hour after I arrived and came on board at once, we get the very best of living that could be had at the best Hotel in the United States, the River Boats here are fitted up in the most magnificent style far exceeding any of the steamers in England and every two of us has a State Room to ourselves with separate beds. I was very much disappointed in not getting a letter from either you or James before leaving New-York, if you be writing, direct as usual to Andrew McGuigan he will forward them to my address, you need not expect to hear from me for more than two months as there is no use in writing for a couple of weeks after I get there and it will take a month to bring a letter to England, I expect you will let me hear every thing that is going on in the old sod, Remember me to Anthony McLoone and Jenny Farrell. Your affectionate Brother John Anderson The name of the Boat I go by is the C. Bealer. We will go there in about 8 or 9 days. I expect it will be a very pleasant sail as we have a whole lot of Ladies and Gentlemen on Board, we go down the Ohio River to Cairo about 500 miles where it falls into the Mississippi. I don't know how far it is from there but it must be 12 or 15 hundred miles. I forgot to mention that I have spent every Sunday since I came with Aunt Sarah and very kind and friendly her and the boys have been. Robert went out two weeks ago to Chicago, he has been idle for 4 or 5 months, I don't think very much about him but William and Finley are very steady wise fellows and are conducting themselves very well, they are about two of the smartest fellows in New-York. I wish you could send me William Anderson's address if you have heard from him. John I wrote to William before leaving N.York. Transcribed by Andrew S Anderson |
